Passwords: does size matter, what characters?

Jon maddog Hall maddog at li.org
Tue Mar 14 06:27:01 EST 2006


I use a technique for passwords that I have not seen anyone mention.  I use the
first letters of a phrase that is simple to remember (for me) that relates to
the site.  This makes a "word" that is not in any dictionary, and is typically
long enough.  The truly paranoid could put a digit or special symbol between
the letters also.

md
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